Legalizing plural marriage : the next frontier in family law /

Goldfeder, Mark,

Legalizing plural marriage : the next frontier in family law / Mark Goldfeder. - Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (257 pages). - Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law .

Includes bibliographies and index.

What is marriage? Privileging function over form -- Unbundling marriage -- The realities of monogamy and the push for plural marriage -- Children of plural marriages : a first empirical look -- Legalizing plural marriage -- Plural marriage, revisited.

Offers a legal and historical context for reforming family law and legalizing plural marriage.



9781611688368

2021693122


Polygamy--Law and legislation--United States.


Electronic Books.

KF519 / .L443 2017